Key Information
CPD Hours: 16 hours
Course Length: Four weeks
Course Format: A mixture of two-hour weekly webinars (which can be viewed live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), online case assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and tutor-moderated online discussion forums
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Course Information
Key Areas
- Triage of the emergency patient
- Initial stabilisation and diagnostics
- Management of urogenital trauma
- Management of the acute abdomen
- Getting the most out of your orthopaedic examination
- Decision making for patients with traumatic orthopaedic injuries
- Traumatic brain injuries and acute spinal cord injuries
Do you feel panicky when you are faced with the patient who has sustained major trauma and worry how best to stabilise these complex patients and which injuries to treat first?
This course can help you! It is the first of two related courses on management of the trauma patient. It will cover initial management strategies as well as how to prioritise and treat major life threatening injuries as well as techniques and definitive/ temporary strategies to manage the patient with soft tissue, orthopaedic and neurological injuries.
Why do this course?
The course aims to equip you with the tools that are required to manage the trauma patient and so increase your confidence and reduce your stress!
The webinars will run on the following dates from 12.00pm to 2.00pm London time including a 30 minute registration and familiarisation period prior to the commencement of the lecture.
Webinar dates:
Monday 1st March
Monday 8th March
Monday 15th March
Monday 22nd March
Discount offer:
This course can be purchased on its own or as part of a series with: Webinar Plus: Management of the small animal trauma patient: Part 2
The cost of the courses are £349 for one course or £650 for parts 1 and 2. These discounts will automatically be calculated when the courses have been added to your shopping basket.
Tutors
Stefano Cortellini, DVM MVetMed DipACVECC DipECVECC FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care
The Royal Veterinary College
Joe Fenn, BVetMed MVetMed DipECVN FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery
The Royal Veterinary College
Lynda Rutherford, BVM&S MVetMed DipECVS PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College
Rhiannon Strickland, BVetMed MRCVS
Staff Clinician in Small Animal Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College
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